You can read more about the whole thing in Chris Rose's recent column or on their website, but basically they've been rebuilding a 1998 Lincoln Mark VIII car that soaked in floodwaters for weeks after Katrina and they've turned it into a racing machine. They're actually driving this car out to Utah, all 2,000 miles, which is pretty unheard of.... virtually all of the vehicles that participate in these sort of time trials arrive at the salt flats on a trailer pulled by another vehicle. This whole thing has been a labor of love...most of the crew's members are bartenders and they've been using tip money to get this thing built. You can help support them and give them a great send-off this evening (remember to buy lots of drinks and tip well...they need all the gas money they can get!). They'll even have the car there for viewing. Here's a shot of the gang and the car itself:
